Italian

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Etymology

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From bordo +‎ -eggiare.

Verb

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bordeggiàre (first-person singular present bordéggio, first-person singular past historic bordeggiài, past participle bordeggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive, nautical) to tack [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to beat (of the heart)
  3. (intransitive, figurative, uncommon) to make one's way through obstacles
  4. (intransitive, figurative, uncommon) to beat around the bush
  5. (transitive) to border
  6. (transitive, nautical) to skirt

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • bordeggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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